Catholic Public Domain Version
"Woe to you who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and who draw sin as if with the rope of a cart, "
— Isaiah 5:18, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:”
“Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope; ”
“Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope;”
“Beware, those who pull evil along using cords of emptiness are as good as dead, who pull sin as with cart ropes.”
“Woe to you that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as the rope of a cart.”
“Cursed are those who make use of ox-cords for pulling the evil thing, and the bands of a young ox for their sin!”
“Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:”
And man will be bowed down, and man will be humbled, and the eyes of the exalted will be brought low.
And the Lord of hosts will be exalted in judgment, and the holy God will be sanctified in justice.
And the lambs will pasture in proper order, and new arrivals will eat from the deserts turned into fertile lands.
Woe to you who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and who draw sin as if with the rope of a cart,
and who say: “Let him hurry, and let his work arrive soon, so that we may see it. And let the plan of the Holy One of Israel approach and arrive, so that we may know it.”
Woe to you who call evil good, and good evil; who substitute darkness for light, and light for darkness; who exchange bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Woe to you who are wise in your own eyes, and prudent in your own sight!